Back in the 1970s when I became a Christian there was hardly any Christian music scene – but there was an American guy with long blond hair and a raunchy guitar playing style called Larry Norman. OK, the eschatology of I wish we’d all been ready (probably his most famous song) has never really reflected […]
Nearly 145,000 people have been left homeless by a cyclone that tore through Madagascar, killing 44 people. The figures double previous estimates of the havoc wreaked by the category three cyclone and have raised fears of a humanitarian catastrophe. Cyclone Ivan struck the island’s east coast last Sunday, and was followed by torrential rains which […]
For the last three or four years, I’ve been saying to anyone who cared to listen (and to some who didn’t) that the most important Christian book that I’ve read for ages is The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church by Frost and Hirsch. Shaping helped me rethink […]
Henry Neufeld gives us a rather nice pat on the back with this post and I’d like to return the compliment by saying that it’s one you should read – not just because he is nice to me! Just as we like certainty about the facts we use in living our daily lives, we also […]
Today’s Daily Telegraph has an interesting article about an artist who produced art works of Biblical scenes that look as if they come from Google Earth. The examples here are of the Garden of Eden and the crossing of the Red Sea.
Time Magazine has an interesting and sympathetic profile of Rob Bell, the presenter of the Nooma videos and author of the best Christian book I’ve read this year,
If you are too lazy to read a really important and essential book (or if you honestly haven’t the time), W David Philips is just starting an extended study of Lamin Sanneh’s Whose Religion is Christianity? To my mind this really is a must-read book, but if you genuinely can’t spare the time – at […]
I’ve not yet finished reading Christ All Sufficient: Colossians & Philemon Simply Explained (Welwyn Commentary) but so far I’m impressed. I like the Welwyn series of commentaries, they are simple devotional books that don’t wrestle with textual issues so much as point you to how the text might influence the way you live your life. […]
Sue and I went to a gig at the Talking Heads in Southampton last week. One of the acts was a guitarist called Chris Whitfield and he is absolutely brilliant. He doesn’t have a recording contract yet, but he one day he will. You can listen to a few songs on his MySpace page and […]
In my normal, un-opinionated way, I reckon that every English speaking Christian should have read Fee and Stuart’s wonderful book How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. It really is an excellent non-technical, but academically excellent guide to how to get the best out of reading the Bible. However, if you can’t wait […]